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RIP, Andy, you played in the golden era of "Stillers"(picksburgh accent)football, before the Steelers went ultra woke.
1 posted on 03/02/2024 11:52:41 AM PST by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

Had his football card in my collection.


2 posted on 03/02/2024 12:00:41 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: DallasBiff

This is probably not going to come out right but, honestly it’s a little refreshing to hear someone had a nice long life before passing away instead of what’s now become commonplace......athletes dying in their 20s and 30s.

RIP sir......you played when men were men.


3 posted on 03/02/2024 12:06:56 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: DallasBiff

RIP. One of my dad’s favorites, and one of the few players not drafted by Chuck Noll that played on Noll’s Superbowl teams.


5 posted on 03/02/2024 12:24:20 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: DallasBiff

Really good LB...


7 posted on 03/02/2024 1:06:04 PM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: DallasBiff
I owned a bar/restaurant/hotel back in the 70s and Andy Russell and his pal Jack Ham both were regular/irregulars during the off season and two nicer guys you could not find.

While they were both held up on pedestals in W PA, they were just two guys when they came into our joint.

The two of them did not look overly big {6' 1''-2'" 220 lbs} , and if you didn't know who they were, they just looked like a couple of strong, young buddies out for a sammich and a coupla drinks, but I wouldn't recommend messing with them.

With Ham, Lambert and Russell, they were the best trio of backers...ever, {just a Steeler junky's opinion, but name three others that won back to back Super Bowl's...EVER}.

10 posted on 03/02/2024 2:39:00 PM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: DallasBiff

That was a great team. Great memories. I don’t have a certain team I root for. I loved football back then. Now I leave it on as background noise. Don’t really watch it.


14 posted on 03/03/2024 8:02:32 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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